www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Edith Windsorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/edith-windsor/?utm_medium=RSS2013-12-11T12:49:14-05:00Pope Francis wins out over Edward Snowden, Miley Cyrus for Time's Person of the Year2013-12-11T12:49:14-05:00Herb Scribnerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/11/pope-francis-wins-out-over-edward-snowden-miley-cy/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Pope Francis, often called &ldquo;The People&rsquo;s Pope,&rdquo; is now Time magazine&rsquo;s Person of the Year.</p><p>The pope, who assumed the papacy in March 2013, finished ahead of Edward Snowden, Edith Windsor, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Syrian President Bashar Assad for the award, the Associated Press reported.</p><p>Francis &ldquo;really stood ...Supreme Court hands double win to gay-marriage backers2013-06-26T10:23:00-04:00Cheryl Wetzsteinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/26/court-strikes-down-federal-anti-gay-marriage-law/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In a banner day for supporters of gay marriage, a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal provision that denied benefits to legally married same-sex couples and, in a separate case, cleared the way for California to resume offering marriage licenses to gay couples.</p> <p>Gay-rights groups cheered the ...Both sides await as high court prepares gay marriage rulings2013-06-25T19:00:56-04:00Cheryl Wetzsteinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/25/both-sides-await-high-court-prepares-gay-marriage-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The U.S. Supreme Court will speak on gay marriage Wednesday morning, and from coast to coast, advocates, pastors and legal groups are preparing to answer back.</p> <p>The opinions in the two landmark gay marriage cases &mdash; Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor &mdash; will be released soon after ...Supreme Court justices question DOMA's range, consider effect act has in states2013-03-27T13:11:00-04:00Cheryl Wetzsteinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/27/high-court-told-wait-different-gay-marriage-case/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The federal government has a "powerful interest" in a single, uniform definition of marriage, even if it excludes gay unions that are legal in individual states, the lawyer defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act said Wednesday as the Supreme Court concluded two days of landmark arguments on gay marriage.</p> ...NEW: Proposition 8 cases based on a phantom constitutional clause2013-03-02T09:42:09-05:00David W. Newhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/2/new-proposition-8-cases-based-phantom-constitution/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>It is possible that in June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court may fatally damage the institution of marriage by using a nonexistent clause in the Bill of Rights.&nbsp;</p> <p><span>In 1954, the Supreme Court effectively amended the U.S. Constitution to add an equal protection clause to the Fifth Amendment. In 1977, ...Gay marriage factions pin hopes on Supreme Court win2012-12-07T16:21:37-05:00Cheryl Wetzsteinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/7/high-court-sets-showdown-over-gay-marriage/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>As hundreds of same-sex couples took their long-awaited wedding vows in Washington state Sunday, the constitutional battle in Washington, D.C., over gay marriage was just getting started.</p> <p>The Supreme Court's decision late last week to take a federal and a California case that go to the heart of the legal ...Ruling likely to send gay marriage issue to Supreme Court2012-10-18T18:49:05-04:00Cheryl Wetzsteinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/18/ruling-likely-to-send-gay-marriage-issue-to-suprem/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A federal appellate court in Manhattan said the federal government's marriage law is unconstitutional, raising the likelihood that gay marriage will end up before the Supreme Court.</p> <p>Plaintiff Edith Windsor was wrongly required to pay some $363,000 in federal estate taxes after her longtime partner, Thea Spyer, died, the 2nd ...Gay-marriage arguments set for appeals court in N.Y. 2012-09-27T10:18:44-04:00Larry Neumeisterhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/27/gay-marriage-arguments-set-appeals-court-ny/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A federal appeals court in New York is set to take its turn Thursday at considering the constitutionality of the Defense of <span>Marriage</span> Act, a federal law restricting the recognition of same-sex unions that already has been struck down in several other places.</p> <p>A three-judge panel ...N.Y. judge: Anti-gay marriage law is unconstitutional2012-06-06T23:22:05-04:00Larry Neumeisterhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/6/ny-judge-anti-gay-marriage-law-is-unconstitutional/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEW YORK &mdash; A federal judge in Manhattan joined a growing chorus of judges across the country Wednesday by striking down a key component of the federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.</p> <p>U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones said the Defense of Marriage ...Inside Politics: U.S. to offer millions in bounties al-Shabab leaders2012-06-06T20:37:04-04:00THE WASHINGTON TIMEShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/6/inside-politics-obama-discusses-european-economy-w/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>U.S. officials say the Obama administration will offer up to $33 million in rewards for information about top members of an Islamist extremist group in Somalia linked to al Qaeda.</p> <p>The rewards for the leaders of the al-Shabab militia movement will be announced Thursday by the State Department, The bounties ...GOP steps up defense of law on marriage2011-04-18T20:42:08-04:00Cheryl Wetzsteinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/18/gop-steps-up-defense-of-law-on-marriage/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Republican leadership in the House stepped up its efforts Monday to defend the federal government's marriage law, which is already under attack or implicated in as many as 10 lawsuits.</p> <p>Paul D. Clement, who was solicitor general in the George W. Bush administration, has been retained by the House ...